State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1937 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 42,838 Mississippi births in 1937 across 904 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Mississippi more than they say America.

#11Rosie#178 nationally
#43Tommieoutside the national top 200
#37Roosevelt#190 nationally
#44Hattie#194 nationally
#48Johnnie#198 nationally
#36Lula#182 nationally
#58Percyoutside the national top 200
#63Fannie#200 nationally
#67Oraoutside the national top 200
#68Earnestineoutside the national top 200
#17Mattie#148 nationally
#71Maggieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,501US #1
#2Betty614US #5
#3Dorothy561US #8
#4Annie522US #46
#5Shirley484US #4
#6Barbara385US #2
#7Willie311US #114
#8Martha292US #24
#9Ruby251US #52
#10Doris246US #22
#11Rosie228US #178
#12Lillie227US #131
#13Margaret219US #10
#14Helen210US #12
#15Peggy209US #31
#16Sarah205US #65
#17Mattie196US #148
#18Frances193US #19
#19Elizabeth189US #17
#20Bobbie183US #122
#21Alice177US #28
#22Louise170US #48
#23Mildred170US #43
#24Emma156US #89
#25Patricia156US #3
#26Carolyn155US #20
#27Bessie154US #143
#28Minnie153US #156
#29Nancy153US #7
#30Virginia153US #16
#31Edna148US #74
#32Jessie141US #144
#33Clara133US #100
#34Ethel131US #88
#35Joyce130US #11
#36Lula129US #182
#37Bernice123US #104
#38Thelma123US #78
#39Ruth122US #15
#40Bertha121US #121
#41Gloria117US #32
#42Marie113US #35
#43Billie111US #126
#44Hattie109US #194
#45Ella108US #134
#46Juanita104US #75
#47Gladys103US #86
#48Johnnie103US #198
#49Ann100US #30
#50Jean100US #23
#51Ida98US #133
#52Jo98US #73
#53Georgia97US #132
#54Bonnie96US #64
#55Evelyn96US #36
#56Carrie94US #172
#57Laura94US #105
#58Patsy94US #54
#59Yvonne92US #77
#60Eva89US #117
#61Irene89US #62
#62Catherine88US #47
#63Fannie87US #200
#64Katherine85US #103
#65Lucille85US #98
#66Mae84US #185
#67Ora83
#68Earnestine82
#69Hazel82US #106
#70Alma80US #138
#71Maggie80
#72Geneva79US #158
#73Margie79US #111
#74Beatrice78US #120
#75Essie78
#76Mamie77
#77Christine76US #135
#78Julia75US #112
#79Pearlie75
#80Sylvia73US #50
#81Vera73US #150
#82Rose72US #38
#83Jimmie71
#84Joan71US #9
#85Josephine68US #82
#86Sara68US #130
#87Bettie66
#88Nellie66US #140
#89Norma66US #33
#90Lillian65US #84
#91Pauline65US #87
#92Velma65US #164
#93Katie64
#94Cora62US #176
#95Shelby62US #119
#96Jane61US #42
#97Carol60US #6
#98Ernestine60
#99Susie60
#100Geraldine58US #44

Boys

#1James1,697US #2
#2John957US #3
#3Robert934US #1
#4Willie797US #32
#5William761US #4
#6Charles743US #6
#7Joe459US #25
#8Billy407US #22
#9George394US #10
#10Bobby344US #24
#11Thomas296US #9
#12Henry281US #30
#13Eddie223US #83
#14Jimmie223US #72
#15Jimmy223US #45
#16Walter213US #26
#17David209US #8
#18Joseph204US #12
#19Edward193US #13
#20Jerry188US #17
#21Richard180US #5
#22Frank175US #18
#23Charlie168US #110
#24Johnnie162US #118
#25Albert149US #37
#26Jessie144US #148
#27Johnny144US #69
#28Donald143US #7
#29Harold143US #21
#30Eugene140US #33
#31Lee139US #78
#32Roy139US #40
#33Paul134US #15
#34Fred120US #35
#35Clarence118US #54
#36Louis116US #46
#37Roosevelt113US #190
#38Arthur112US #31
#39Kenneth112US #14
#40Leroy111US #56
#41Jack108US #23
#42Howard106US #42
#43Tommie103
#44Earl101US #48
#45Carl99US #28
#46Jesse95US #102
#47Larry95US #16
#48Samuel95US #66
#49Ernest94US #53
#50Curtis93US #109
#51Tommy92US #84
#52Floyd82US #80
#53Leon79US #85
#54Cecil78US #114
#55Raymond78US #19
#56Freddie77US #134
#57Gerald76US #20
#58Percy76
#59Oscar73US #154
#60Andrew72US #79
#61Sam71US #132
#62Bennie68US #166
#63Herman66US #101
#64Lawrence65US #38
#65Alfred63US #60
#66Melvin61US #50
#67Lonnie57US #171
#68Clyde56US #93
#69Marvin56US #49
#70Ralph56US #34
#71Sylvester52
#72Alvin51US #99
#73Ray51US #71
#74Sammie51
#75Claude50US #137
#76Harry50US #41
#77Milton50US #121
#78Clifton49US #193
#79Johnie49
#80Lewis49US #104
#81Allen48US #76
#82Billie48US #185
#83Earnest48US #174
#84Franklin48US #77
#85Luther48US #169
#86Calvin47US #125
#87Gene47US #61
#88Herbert47US #65
#89Marion47US #140
#90Bobbie45
#91Harvey43US #95
#92Otis43US #189
#93Ben42US #175
#94Mack42
#95Oliver42US #200
#96Don41US #51
#97Leo41US #97
#98Sidney41US #163
#99Bill40US #64
#100Lester40US #116

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑25Irene#61
↑24Katherine#64
↑23Beatrice#74
↑22Oscar#59
↑22Ray#73
↑19Gloria#41
↑19Lonnie#67
↑19Lewis#80

Falling

↓28Hazel#69
↓28Earnest#83
↓27Christine#77
↓26Otis#92
↓22Mae#66
↓20Norma#89
↓20Sam#61
↓19Melvin#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.